waste away

English

Verb

waste away (third-person singular simple present wastes away, present participle wasting away, simple past and past participle wasted away)

(idiomatic) To lose energy and become weak and feeble.
She watched him waste away from lack of food or exercise.

Synonyms

pine away

Translations

lose energy

Dutch: wegkwijnen (nl)
Finnish: kuihtua (fi), riutua (fi)
French: dépérir (fr)
Greek:
Ancient: μαραίνομαι (maraínomai)

Japanese: やせ衰える (yaseotoroeru)
Latin: tābeō
Maori: ngongo, horokiwa
Portuguese: definhar (pt)
Russian: ча́хнуть (ru) impf (čáxnutʹ), зача́хнуть (ru) pf (začáxnutʹ), истоща́ться (ru) impf (istoščátʹsja), истощи́ться (ru) pf (istoščítʹsja)

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